The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man.
[To Bonaparte, when asked why she meddled in politics:] Sire, when women have their heads cut off, it is but just they should know the reason.
Anything that happens gradually is always irrevocable.
Morality must guide calculation, and calculation must guide politics.
Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.
We always cut our poetical theories to suit our talent.